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Sexti Properti Elegi
S J (Ed) Heyworth
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Description for Sexti Properti Elegi
Hardcover. A radical new edition of the Augustan poet Propertius, based on the latest research into the manuscript tradition. The English preface contains important comments on the way texts are edited and read. Some important emendations discovered in the papers of A. E. Housman are published here for the first time. Editor(s): Heyworth, S. J. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
Propertius is a poet of the Augustan period, a successor of the great Hellenistic elegiac poets Callimachus and Philitas, and a precursor of Ovid. His account of his fictionalized affair with his beloved alter ego Cynthia is the purest expression of the spirit of love elegy, setting them as a pair against war, epic and (apparently) Augustus himself. The treatment of their love is tender and at times delightfully macabre, in pursuing their love beyond the grave. This is a text read by virtually all students of Classical Latin, and it is now available in a radical new edition, more ... Read more
Propertius is a poet of the Augustan period, a successor of the great Hellenistic elegiac poets Callimachus and Philitas, and a precursor of Ovid. His account of his fictionalized affair with his beloved alter ego Cynthia is the purest expression of the spirit of love elegy, setting them as a pair against war, epic and (apparently) Augustus himself. The treatment of their love is tender and at times delightfully macabre, in pursuing their love beyond the grave. This is a text read by virtually all students of Classical Latin, and it is now available in a radical new edition, more ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford Classical Texts
Condition
New
Weight
371g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198146742
SKU
V9780198146742
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About S J (Ed) Heyworth
S. J. Heyworth is Bowra Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Wadham College, Oxford.
Reviews for Sexti Properti Elegi
In his monumental commentary, which throughout denotes expertise and professional dedication, H. analyses poems, elegies, lines, words, and punctuation with the skill of a scholar consistent in his own ideas and ruthless with the scalpel of reason and common sense... My fullest recognition and admiration therefore for this Herculean task
Antonio Rami, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Antonio Rami, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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